Miss Sparshott Year 9

Saturday, 23 February 2013

Homework:

Find an example of travel writing

The most straight forward way of doing this will be to go onto the website of a broadsheet newspaper and have a look through the articles in their travel sections – use the history search section so that you have a broader choice.

Bring these to the next lesson. You will need to have read them as you will be discussing them in groups.

Monday, 18 February 2013

Homework!The planet we live on is unquestionably wonderful. I might make you watch to David Attenborough to prove my point later in the term. In order to fully realise, explore and celebrate all of this wonder, for homework you need to find and research information about a wonder of the world.This can be something imaginative and unusual - you don't have to go straight for Niagara Falls. Similarly, try not to go straight for the obvious like Paris or New York. I'm not sure that David Attenborough would approve of these choices. Bring your ideas to Friday's lesson (22nd Feb, Period 5) and be prepared to present and share these to the class. You can bring notes and images. Even props if you want.

Tuesday, 8 January 2013

In the your essay you need to write each paragraph using the format of a PEEP paragraph:

Point

Evidence

Explanation

Performance Analysis

This is basically a normal PEE paragraph, but with a bit of performance analysis added on to the end. For this, you need to analyse how the quotation explored is performed and presented in the film version.

In Act One of Macbeth,
Shakespeare depicts the character of Macbeth as being a strange combination of
the ambitious and the fearful: he has reached the point where he knows that he
wants power in the form of Duncan’s crown, but he is still shying away from the
ugly act of murder that will be required in order to make this a reality. This
is illustrated in the opening line of one of the key and most significant
soliloquies of the entire play, when Macbeth states: ‘If it were done when ‘tis
done, then ‘twere well/It were done quickly’. Here Macbeth is referring to the
planned murder that he must commit, and Shakespeare’s use of repetition
regarding the word ‘done’ implies that the character is determined to go ahead
with the deed. However, simultaneously, Macbeth is hesitant and deeply
unwilling to actually refer to the deed directly and to use the word murder.
Perhaps Shakespeare is implying that he is unable to fully face up to himself
and what he intends, suggesting a certain kind of cowardice. This is suggested
again as a result of the technique of repetition: ‘it’. Shakespeare uses this
vague and uncertain pronoun rather than directly using the word murder. In the
filmed version of the play, Macbeth on the Estate, the character of
Macbeth is shown in a slightly different light. While in the play he may be
unable to face himself and the true nature of his plans, the filmed version
presents the actor as staring directly into a mirror. He is literally face to
face with himself, as though trying to examine and discover who this new person
is. Furthermore, his facial expression is very fixed and suggests that he is
concentrating hard upon his face and perhaps his very personality.

Thursday, 20 December 2012

Dear Year 9,I hope that you have an amazing Christmas and hugely enjoy writing the following homework:

How is the character of
either Macbeth or Lady Macbeth presented in two places in the play and a filmed
version?

You need to write at least two PEEP paragraphs for each of the
extracts – two for Act One and two for Act Five.

If I am not happy with the quality of the
work, and I feel that you have not attained the level I would expect from you,
you will be made to write the assessment again.

Please use the posts included below this one
to have a look at a model PEEP paragraph so that if you get stuck you know the
way to structure a response. Also have a look at the summary explaining exactly
what a PEEP paragraph is.

Wednesday, 12 December 2012

Macbeth on the EstateYouTube links for analysing the character of Macbeth and Lady MacbethThe character of Macbeth:Extract 1, Act One Timings: 2.51- 3.25 www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaoxA--S7_AExtract 2, Act Five Timings: 7-13 - the end of the clipwww.youtube.com/watch?v=meWHepCY5coThe character of Lady Macbeth: